Editing Wattstax (section)

==Album releases==
Stax released ''Wattstax: The Living Word'' on January 18, 1973.<ref name="BowmanBook" /> This double-LP album release included live recordings from the Wattstax concert event, as well as a handful of studio recordings—The Staples Singers' "Oh La Di Da" and Eddie Floyd's "Lay Your Loving on Me"—overdubbed with audience reactions.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/wattstax-the-living-word-concert-music-from-the-original-movie-soundtrack-mw0000206809 |title=Wattstax: The Living Word (Concert Music from the Original Movie Soundtrack)—Various Artists |publisher=AllMusic |language=en-us |access-date=2020-04-26}}</ref> ''The Living Word'' sold over 220,000 copies and a second two-disc release, ''The Living Word: Wattstax 2'', followed later that year.<ref name="BowmanBook">{{Cite book |last=Bowman |first=Rob |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Aj1bAwAAQBAJ&q=wattstax%25202%2520the%2520living%2520word%2520release%2520date&pg=PT566 |title=Soulsville, U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records |date=2011-08-01 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=978-0-85712-499-9 |language=en}}</ref> ''Wattstax 2'' featured additional live performances from both the concert and related performances seen in the film, as well as studio tracks by other music artists and Richard Pryor.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/wattstax-the-living-word-vol-2-mw0000912428 |title=Wattstax: The Living Word, Vol. 2—Various Artists |publisher= AllMusic |language=en-us |access-date=2020-04-26}}</ref>

Coinciding with the preparation for the 2004 reissue of the film, Stax Records (by this time an imprint of [[Fantasy Records]] and later [[Concord Music Group]]) released the ''Wattstax: Music from the Festival and Film'' three-disc collection, containing remastered versions of live performances from the Wattstax concert and the ancillary Los Angeles shows seen in the film.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10594-wattstax/ |title=Various Artists: Wattstax |website=Pitchfork |language=en |access-date=2020-04-26}}</ref> A 35th-anniversary version was released in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2007-12-14/571892/ |title=Wattstax: Music from the Wattstax Festival and Film: Wattstax: Music From the Wattstax Festival and Film Album Review |last1=Beets |first1=Greg |website=Austin Chronicle |language=en-US |access-date=2020-04-26 |date=Dec 14, 2007}}</ref>

In 2004, Stax released ''Wattstax: Highlights from the Soundtrack'', a single-disc audio CD featuring only the songs included in the documentary film.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kubernik |first=Harvey |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wp-Xc4lMnRUC&q=wattstax+highlights+from+the+soundtrack&pg=PA55 |title=Hollywood Shack Job: Rock Music in Film and on Your Screen |date=2006 |publisher=UNM Press |isbn=978-0-8263-3542-5 |pages=55 |language=en}}</ref>